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Backgrounds of Romanticism : English Philosophical Prose of the Eighteenth Century
Backgrounds of Romanticism English Philosophical Prose of the Eighteenth Century Author:Leonard M. Trawick (Editor) This anthology of selections from works of eighteenth-century philosophy which profoundly influenced the English Romantic writers will provide a useful source of background material for the study of eighteenth-century literature. The author supplies an historical critique of each selection and provides an informative general introduction in whic... more »h he analyzes the main strands of the Romantic movement and evaluates the contributions of native philosophical writings to the shaping of English Romanticism.
Includes selections from the writings of William Law, George Berkeley, David Hartley, Adam Smith, William Duff, Abraham Tucker, Jacob Bryant, and William Godwin.« less